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Definition of Slim chance
1. Noun. Little or no chance of success.
Definition of Slim chance
1. Noun. (idiomatic) Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slim Chance
Literary usage of Slim chance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evils of the Cities: A Series of Practical and Popular Discourses Delivered by Thomas De Witt Talmage, Richard S. Rhodes (1903)
"A slim chance FOR THE YOUNG MAN OF LEISURE. There is no chance for the morals of
that young man who has plenty of money and no occupation. ..."
2. Deeds of Daring by Both Blue and Gray by D. M. Kelsey (1883)
"Too Venturesome for a Lender—A Good Chance—In Ambush—A Disappointed Party—A Slim
Chance—A Woman in the Case—A Desperate State of Affairs —A Golden ..."
3. Deeds of Daring by the American Soldier by D. M. Kelsey (2000)
"... slim chance - A Woman in the Case - A Desperate State of Affairs - A Golden
Opportunity - That Proves to be Less Golden - A Division is Brought Out ..."
4. Reminiscences of a War-time Statesman and Diplomat, 1830-1915 by Frederick William Seward (1916)
"For five dollars you get a very slim chance of drawing two hundred thousand
dollars, and the hope that this very slim chance or some smaller one may be ..."
5. Reminiscences of a War-time Statesman and Diplomat, 1830-1915 by Frederick William Seward (1916)
"For five dollars you get a very slim chance of drawing two hundred thousand
dollars, and the hope that this very slim chance or some smaller one may ..."
6. Reminiscences of a War-time Statesman and Diplomat, 1830-1915 by Frederick William Seward (1916)
"For five dollars you get a very slim chance of drawing two hundred thousand
dollars, and the hope that this very slim chance or some smaller one may be ..."
7. The Field of Honor: Being a Complete and Comprehensive History of Duelling by Benjamin Cummings Truman (1883)
"He replied that he would not part with his leg for the whole of California, and
that he would take the solitary slim chance they intimated. ..."
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